15 Related Articles, between 2019-08-14 and 2019-07-16

'Not that special' Greta won't try convincing Trump on climate change. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will not waste her time speaking to President Donald Trump as she heads across the Atlantic on a racing yacht to attend UN summits on tackling global warming. The 16-year-old said Mr Trump has ignored scientists and other experts about global warming, so she saw no reason why he would listen to her. "I don't see that if anyone else has succeeded... I am not that special," Greta said of the US president. >>

Foreign diplomats leased condos in Trump-owned buildings, documents show. Across the street from the United Nations complex, nestled between embassies and foreign missions, sits a luxurious condominium skyscraper -- designed, according to its website, with "virtuosity and grandeur" -- that catches the eye of foreign diplomats. >>

Senators press Trump nominee for UN ambassador on climate and her coal ties. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations hit headwinds Wednesday as senators questioned the impact of her family's coal fortune on her ability to work on climate issues at the world body. >>

There's an off-the-shelf solution to climate change. But, Trump. To the editor: President Trump is not addressing climate change. Although the climate crisis is dire and nonpartisan, as was made clear by the United Nations secretary general’s recent warning, our government is tangled and useless. How ironic our species’ end would be when solutions to our demise... >>

Trump's exceptionally weak choice for UN ambassador. Michael Bociurkiw writes that Trump choosing Kelly Craft for US Ambassador to the UN is yet another salvo in the administration's blatant denigration of the UN -- and the first time in recent memory that the post has gone to an individual known more for her fundraising efforts than her political skills. >>

U.S. move to resume death penalty bucks trend: U.N.. The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the death penalty at the federal level goes against the domestic and international trend to abolish or halt executions. >>

UN rights chief 'appalled' by conditions in U.S. for migrants. The United Nations' human rights chief said Monday she was "appalled" by the conditions migrants and refugees face in U.S. detention facilities, intensifying a challenge to the Trump administration's immigration policies. >>

UN rights chief 'appalled' by conditions in US for migrants. The U.N.'s human rights chief has challenged Trump administration policies and said she is "appalled" by the conditions facing detained migrants and refugees in the United States >>

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in US for migrants. The U.N.’s human rights chief has challenged Trump administration policies and said she is “appalled” by the conditions facing detained migrants and refugees in the United States >>

US aid cuts to UN agency will hurt vulnerable women and children, critics say. The Trump administration will withhold funds from the United Nations agency focused on reproductive and maternal health care for a third consecutive year, though critics and lawmakers say the decision will hurt vulnerable women and children, undermine US interests and is not based on evidence. >>